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Council Regulation (EU) 2017/127 of 20 January 2017 fixing for 2017 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters
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a Without prejudice to additional licences granted to Sweden by Norway in accordance with established practice. | |||||
b These figures are included in the figures for all trawl fisheries with vessels of not more than 180 feet in the zone between 12 and 21 miles from the Faroese baselines. | |||||
c These figures refer to the maximum number of vessels present at any time. | |||||
d These figures are included in the figures for ‘Trawl fisheries outside 21 miles from the Faroese baselines’. | |||||
e The allocation of fishing opportunities available to the Union in the zone of Svalbard is without prejudice to the rights and obligations deriving from the Treaty of Paris of 1920. | |||||
Area of fishing | Fishery | Number of fishing authorisations | Allocation of fishing authorisations amongst Member States | Maximum number of vessels present at any time | |
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Norwegian waters and fishery zone around Jan Mayen | Herring, north of 62° 00′ N | 77 | DK | 25 | 57 |
DE | 5 | ||||
FR | 1 | ||||
IE | 8 | ||||
NL | 9 | ||||
PL | 1 | ||||
SV | 10 | ||||
UK | 18 | ||||
Demersal species, north of 62° 00′ N | 80 | DE | 16 | 50 | |
IE | 1 | ||||
ES | 20 | ||||
FR | 18 | ||||
PT | 9 | ||||
UK | 14 | ||||
Unallocated | 2 | ||||
Mackerela | Not relevant | Not relevant | 70 | ||
Industrial species, south of 62° 00′ N | 480 | DK | 450 | 150 | |
UK | 30 | ||||
Faroese waters | All trawl fisheries with vessels of not more than 180 feet in the zone between 12 and 21 miles from the Faroese baselines | 26 | BE | 0 | 13 |
DE | 4 | ||||
FR | 4 | ||||
UK | 18 | ||||
Directed fisheries for cod and haddock with a minimum mesh of 135 mm, restricted to the area south of 62° 28′ N and east of 6° 30′ W | 8b | Not relevant | 4 | ||
Trawl fisheries outside 21 miles from the Faroese baseline. In the periods from 1 March to 31 May and from 1 October to 31 December, these vessels may operate in the area between 61° 20′ N and 62° 00′ N and between 12 and 21 miles from the baselines | 70 | BE | 0 | 26 | |
DE | 10 | ||||
FR | 40 | ||||
UK | 20 | ||||
Trawl fisheries for blue ling with a minimum mesh of 100 mm in the area south of 61° 30′ N and west of 9° 00′ W and in the area between 7° 00′ W and 9° 00′ W south of 60° 30′ N and in the area south-west of a line between 60° 30′ N, 7° 00′ W and 60° 00′ N, 6° 00′ W | 70 | DEc | 8 | 20d | |
FRc | 12 | ||||
Directed trawl fisheries for saithe with a minimum mesh size of 120 mm and with the possibility to use round-straps around the codend | 70 | Not relevant | 22d | ||
Fisheries for blue whiting. The total number of fishing authorisations may be increased by four vessels to form pairs, should the Faroese authorities introduce special rules of access to an area called ‘main fishing area of blue whiting’ | 34 | DE | 2 | 20 | |
DK | 5 | ||||
FR | 4 | ||||
NL | 6 | ||||
UK | 7 | ||||
SE | 1 | ||||
ES | 4 | ||||
IE | 4 | ||||
PT | 1 | ||||
Line fisheries | 10 | UK | 10 | 6 | |
Mackerel | 12 | DK | 1 | 12 | |
BE | 0 | ||||
DE | 1 | ||||
FR | 1 | ||||
IE | 2 | ||||
NL | 1 | ||||
SE | 1 | ||||
UK | 5 | ||||
Herring, north of 62° 00′ N | 20 | DK | 5 | 20 | |
DE | 2 | ||||
IE | 2 | ||||
FR | 1 | ||||
NL | 2 | ||||
PL | 1 | ||||
SE | 3 | ||||
UK | 4 | ||||
I, IIbe | Fishery for snow crab with pots | 20 | EE | 1 | Not applicable |
ES | 1 | ||||
LV | 11 | ||||
LT | 4 | ||||
PL | 3 |
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